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Events and Community Outreach
Events to help connect, educate, and highlight the robust career opportunities in the New Mexico STEM ecosystem.
Since 2017, we have successfully hosted and co-hosted more than 10 Career Connection events. Dive deeper into our initiatives, explore recorded sessions from previous events, and stay informed by signing up for upcoming events below.
Didn't get to attend on our our in-person or virtual events? Email us at info@stemboomerang.org to find out about upcoming events or learn about who is hiring in your field.
Hiring and Outreach Events for Employers and Job Seekers
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NM-Based Startups, Businesses, and Organizations
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Students, Professionals, and Job Seekers
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Grants and Community Support
Upcoming Events
Past Events
April 2023
In-Person STEM Career Fair
Boomerang New Mexico hosted its 6th Annual Career Fair, showcasing 18 New Mexico-based companies and startups.
Learn more about the companies in attendance HERE
December 2021
Virtual Career Fair
Boomerang New Mexico hosted its 2nd Annual Virtual Career Fair, showcasing 12 New Mexico-based companies and startups.
Learn more and watch the recorded virtual event HERE
April 2021
Virtual Career Fair
Co-hosted with UNM Alumni Association, this virtual event brought together over 200 job seekers and with employers hiring in NM’s space, technology, and biotechnology sectors.
Learn more and view the recorded live event HERE
October 2020
CNM Ingenuity Virtual Info Session
Boomerang New Mexico joined forces with CNM Ingenuity to host an informative session spotlighting the exciting career enrichment classes and training programs offered by the community college. The event featured virtual presentations from various Albuquerque-based companies, including notable names like Nusenda Credit Union and Build with Robots.
Learn more and watch the recorded virtual event HERE.
April 2020
Space + Beyond Virtual Career Fair
Co-hosted by Boomerang New Mexico with NewSpace New Mexico, this virtual event brought together over 300 job seekers and professionals with 20+ employers hiring in New Mexico’s growing and vibrant space sectors.
Learn more and view the recorded live event HERE
December 2019
STEM Job-Off and Career Fair
In collaboration with the Albuquerque Community Foundation and the City of Albuquerque, we organized a Job-Off – a dynamic event that brought together 15 New Mexico-based companies. The event featured brief, 2-minute pitches where these companies showcased their organizations and job openings. STEM professionals actively engaged with company representatives across diverse sectors, seamlessly exchanging resumes. The impact was significant, with numerous companies returning to their hiring managers armed with over 35 qualified resumes. As of January 2020, interviews are underway, marking a remarkable success for our expanding annual event. This outcome surpasses our expectations and solidifies the continued growth of this initiative.
December 2018
STEM Career Fair
Our second event in December 2018 was also held on the University of New Mexico Main campus. This one-day event helped facilitate a connection between 200+ STEM Professionals with 30+ New Mexico-based government, biotech and tech companies, start-ups and universities.
December 2017
1st Annual STEM Symposium and Job Fair
In 2017, Boomerang hosted it’s 1st Annual STEM Symposium and Hiring Fair, titled: NM Educated Workforce in STEM (NEWS) Symposium.
Our first event included 115 highly educated STEM participants (60% with PhDs), who met with representatives of New Mexico’s academic institutions, national laboratories, business and economic development communities. Importantly, Thirty employers recruited at the event – from startups all the way up to the national labs and large companies. This event garnered ample press and started STEM Boomerang on a path to supporting NM professionals and employers.
Learn more HERE
” Businesses have assumed that a talented workforce does not exist because they haven’t found it here. Faculty, teachers, and advisors have focused on helping students get advanced degrees but not in NM economic development or business. The moment this disconnect was clear to us, the solution was obvious: bring New Mexico employers and the educated and highly trained STEM workforce together through Operation Boomerang.” – Dr. Werner Washburne, Founder of Boomerang
